I think a lot of people out there are missing the point of the argument that we have against these shortcuts to stardom. Whether the low-time pilot has an MPL background or the more conventional training, none of it is worth a monkeys toss to the poor guy in the left hand seat who has to shoulder the entire load...
anyone who has either very few hours ( < 1000 ) or relatively meaningless hours ( ab initio flight instruction ) is of very little practical use to a captain other than to play with the FMS and the gear handle.... critical decision making ability comes with hard-time hours in the log book... that's why we bother to keep a log, it's relevant to experience... these entry level candidates should ideally be put through a second officer training program before ever getting to first officer status, that adds up to a useful pilot... dismissing this obvious safety oriented program just because it doesn't suit the bean-counters is counter productive and will ultimately lead to crewing weaknesses that will be damaging to our health. CAA take note... when the AAIB identify lack of crew experience as a primary cause of an accident I for one will be hoping that the law suits for damages encompass individuals at Gatwick.